Hot start propels St. Mary's past Lakeview

St. Mary's got off to a blistering start and defeated visiting Lakeview, 61-38, in Southern Cascade Hybrid girls basketball Tuesday.

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Posted Jan. 30, 2013 at 12:25 AM
Updated Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 AM

Posted Jan. 30, 2013 at 12:25 AM
Updated Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 AM

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St. Mary's got off to a blistering start and defeated visiting Lakeview, 61-38, in Southern Cascade Hybrid girls basketball Tuesday.

The Crusaders (19-2, 6-0 SCH) outscored Lakeview 26-3 in the first quarter and led 37-16 at halftime.

"We came out on a tear," said St. Mary's coach Richard Vasey. "The last time we played them, we had 13 3s. The first thing that happens tonight is Lillian Martin gets the ball and drills a 3 to start the game, and that lit a fire under us. We opened up in a press and just took off."

Martin and Emily Alvarez, who paced the Crusaders with 17 points, each scored six in a balanced opening frame. Martin finished with 11 points.

St. Mary's got fine all-around play from Viv Juncal, who scored eight points, and freshman MaryBeth Barnum, who played strong defense down the stretch.

"We moved the ball really well on offense when we didn't get anything off the press," said Vasey. "We played good half-court defense and moved it around pretty well."

Emily Roldan had eight rebounds and four blocks for Rogue River (0-17, 0-6), adding to her school record in the latter. She has 89 blocks for the season, breaking the school mark of 71 set five years ago by Shawna Hamre. Roldan had 15 in a contest earlier this year to set the game record.

Morgan Hansen turned in nine points and eight rebounds and Curly DeVos eight points and eight rebounds for Hidden Valley (2-14, 0-7 Sky), which led by as many as 10 points in the third quarter before being outscored by the Pelicans (7-9, 4-3) 12-2 in the fourth.

GILCHRIST 45, PROSPECT 44 — At Gilchrist, Heather Lass scored 16 points but missed a last-second jumper that would have given Prospect the win.

Prospect (7-8, 5-5 MVL) made a crucial turnover when leading by one point with 16 seconds left. Then Ashley James capitalized for Gilchrist (6-10, 4-7) by making both ends of a one-and-one with seven seconds remaining.

Prospect called a timeout to draw up a play for Lass, whose 15-footer bounced off the front of the rim.